They lined Briggate in Leeds city centre to get their hands on tickets for the city's New Year's Eve celebrations in Millennium Square which as this gallery demonstrates was still a construction site at the time. Elsewhere Leeds United fans had plenty to shout about thanks to a big, big money signing and the opening of a new superstore. Flooding was causing issues in an east Leeds village while a couple opened a new supermarket. This was Leeds in November 2000 - is it a city you remember? READ MORE: Leeds in November 1995 - 13 stories making the news
![Secretary of State for Education and Employment David Blunkett talks to children during his visit to officially open Little London Community Primary School.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/QVNIMTE3ODYxMzgy.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Leeds in November 2000
Secretary of State for Education and Employment David Blunkett talks to children during his visit to officially open Little London Community Primary School.
![Work was in progress at Millennium Square.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/QVNIMTE3ODYxMzgz.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
![Pupils at Birchfield Primary in Gildersome were making use of their newly painted playground.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/QVNIMTE3ODYxMzg1.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Leeds in November 2000
Pupils at Birchfield Primary in Gildersome were making use of their newly painted playground.Photo: Claire Lim
![Leeds United opened a new superstore on Albion Street in Leeds city centre.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/QVNIMTE3ODYxMzk1.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Leeds in November 2000
Leeds United opened a new superstore on Albion Street in Leeds city centre.Photo: Emma Nichols
![A boat just manages to fit through the lock gates at Clarence Dock as boats gathered on the River Aire for a parade to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the first boat to navigate the river.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/QVNIMTE3ODYxNTA3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Leeds in November 2000
A boat just manages to fit through the lock gates at Clarence Dock as boats gathered on the River Aire for a parade to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the first boat to navigate the river.Photo: Mark Bickerdike
![The Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Bernard Atha and the Lady Mayoress Liz Dawn hand out tickets for the New Year's Eve party in the Millennium Square.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/QVNIMTE3ODYxNTA5.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Leeds in November 2000
The Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Bernard Atha and the Lady Mayoress Liz Dawn hand out tickets for the New Year's Eve party in the Millennium Square.